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before he could -reach for and A Political V endetta WELDON J. COBB C H A P T E R V II.— (Continued.) | Again 1 He tied sustained a shock, it was e r l- , at ^ the do dent. He tried to brace his nerves, but | “ Come his tones shook as he turned his colorless - A meat face to meet the wretched, cruel one of threshold, hia companion. | io° * blm “ Speak!” he said, almost hissiflgly— “ if the mills, you know what this means !’* “ I terns “ What it means !” hysterically retorted ( began the Worthington— “ ruin !" **^b ! | “ Nonsense !" I noyedly o Kane shrugged his shoulders. He had ¡tor had c got the mastery over momentary weak- be extend ness now. disclose « “ You see?” pursued the other— “ a which he drop.” He wa “O f thirty points!" *Pr “ Which means-------" «ring bef “ Only two millions.” “ Mr. T “ Only two millions! yes— but If this eonfrontir goes on-------" »hut the i “ It can’ t,” confidently Insisted Kane, to show y “ Rouse up, man— some rascally stock- j Out fr Jobbing Jugglery of competitors! A ca- j short, thi< nard has frightened the holders o f. our | “ Stand Stock, there has been a stampede. To- be grated morrow our turn will come.” here, and “ But the cause— the cause?” persisted brains! 1 Worthington— “ for there was a cause! And in W e are too solid to be the football o f the weapon u market then whence the break— and why?” “ Come in ” spoke Kane gruffly, as a tap sounded on the polished mahogany door, C H A P T E R V III. and a messenger boy entered, handed him A singular shadow crossed the face of a telegram, departed. Kane tore it open. A queer click rounded In his throat. For the great arch-schemer, mingled dread, de a second he breathed lahoringly. He fiance and desperation. Rut Kane Instantly grew calm aa ice. handed the message to Worthington, the His glance unflickering, he steadily, rath latter in turn perused it. “ Great heavens!” he gasped. “ K a n e! er sneeringly, regarded the intruder. Then what is the meaning o f this accumulating he said cold ly : “ Yes, I know you.” disaster?” “ I thought you w ould!” hissed the oth The message was from a trusted agent on the New York Stock Exchange and it er, dangerously brandishing the steel bar, his teeth grating, his glance murderous. ran : “ Our stock is going to pieces. It haa “ I fancied you might recognise-------” “ The father-------” dropped thirty points in two hours. Blen- “ O f your w ife !” nerhassett o f the opposition syndicate has “ O f the wife that waa— true, my man; announced that the company is four mill ion in deficit on listed assets, and our what o f it?” bonds inflated and duplicated at two dif His defiance and unconcern maddened ferent local banking concerns. How did the intruder. Hia eyea grew lurid. It he find out?” seemed he wonld fling himself upon Kane. How— for it was true! Old, tarred He choked, ground bit teeth in a violent «windier that he was. Percy V. Kane paroxysm of rage. “ Not yet— not y e t !” he hoarsely mut shuddered aa be realised what such a revelation meant: First. In money loss, tered. " I ’ll give you a chance, first— a last chance!” next, in the eyes o f the law. “ What to do, may I ask?” coolly pro “ Something’s w ron g!” reiterated W or thington. getting np and pacing the floor pounded Kane. “ I’ ll tell y o u !” hissed the intruder. Hke a prodded animal. “There haa been “ Go back alx years— in Ohio— yon, flash a leak. But— how ?” “ You and I only knew o f the bolster ing your daxxling ways and your danger ing necessary to tide over the laat divi ous cruel smile. You won my girl, my only child. Eiita. But you married her dend.” said Kane thonghtfully. — well for y o u ! And then, tired o f her, "Unless— except------ ” Worthington hesitated. He directed a yon deserted her heartlessly. You know keen, though hesitating, glance at hia what happened— her gentle- nature droop companion. The latter met the look stern- ed, her heart broke. You sent her to an insane asylum as the easiest way . to get rid o f her. Ths blow crushed me. I "W e ll?" be demanded. took to drink, I got In bad company, I “ Except your private secretary.” “ She !” burst forth Kane, a • rapturous. stole— they sent me up for five years." “ W ell,” said Kane mockingly, “ what Instead o f an incensed man. “ Yea, W or thington,” he said softly— and if there is that to me?” “ Yon shall tee. For two years Eiita was one redeeming trait o f gentleness In hia base nature it came to the front now has been sane— as sane as you or I.” “ The asylum physicians say not.” — “ she, indeed, knows with us the shifts, "Y es,” retorted the other, “ for yon (he secret subterfuges requisite for the accomplishment o f a gigantic coup. But,” bribed them to say so. You were afraid and his voice grew even more tender, “ she to have her free, and well you might be! M a n ! d ev il! do you know that your per Is one o f ns.” fidy, her cruel, unjust imprisonment, have “ One o f u a r “ Yes— she is soon— very soon— to be changed all her gentle nature. Beware— oh, bew are!” come mjr wife.” “ My friend,” suggested Kane placidly, “ As far gone as th a t!“ muttered W or “ we will have it out, here and now, but thington. genuinely astonished. “ So,” pursued Kane, “ whence and how don't you ever venture to intrude on me the leak, look elsewhere. And ferret It again. Your daughter Is nothing to me. out. m an! for this is s serious, a critical I secured a divorce from her two years ago. I am willing to provide reasonably situation." for her, but She must not trouble me. “ You must act-------” Don’ t you !” added Kane significantly. “ I “ I shall a c t!” The eyes o f thia versed Napoleon o f will neither be intimidated, nor black- v speculation flashed with determination mailed.” “ L isten !” and confidence. Gabriel Msrsden’s voice rang out om “ Listen,” he said, focusing his glance upon his weak and frightened cpnfrere, inously. “ I am all attention!” mocked Kane. his soul upon the theme in play; “ leave " I have only a few words to say to you me to myself for a time. I will think oat a way to checkmate Rlennerhaasett and — heed them! Your wife, my daughter, hia crew. Meantime, yon seek to learn la fr e e !" “ How— you are aaylng thla to annoy who la fla y in g ua false in this office. 1 shall telegraph the Chemical National to m e !" declared Kane, with a palpable sell all our securities on the qniet, and start. “ No, and to save you— or rather, her— have the funds applied towards buying up everything offered of our stock to-mor I came to you. I f my appeal does not avail, then better the gallows for me than row.” “ Will it check the tide?” waveringly that ahe Should imbrue her hands in your b lo o d !” insinuated the president. “ You are tra gic!” sneered Kane. “ It will bluff our rivals.” “ My last word, then!“ sternly Intoned “ But the local banks— the gross defec the man. “ remarry my daughter, quiet her tion In assets-------” “ Leave that to m e; there Is work to perverted mind by ao doing, and I depart, do— important^ prompt. Why, man ! we the can be placated. Refuse, and-------” “ What then?" dare not be broken now. To-morrow’s “ She will kill y ou ! You Jeer! M an! election places In our net seventy-three Representatives and a Senator. Before Yon do not know what she is now, a cold, this election day la over we have the key relentless, determined woman, act upon to the State treasury, a foothold In Con having her rights— or your life !” "T he law will look to that. I fancy I gress, our hand» tight-clasped on the throat of Justice! It Is not a State, thla have the means and the power to aquelch country, that we own, then— the world la yon both.” . “ Useless!” shouted the man ferociously our free stamping ground I” “ Kane, you are a bold genius— but I —-“ BSeles* to temporise with you I Then trust you to get us out o f this dilemma.” — yon shall have It; a trampled father’e “ You do not trust vainly!” declared vengeance!" T he climax Impended, the culminating Kane. Left to himself, he slowly, medltating- moment had come—he saw the folly of ly paced the apartment. He reflected trying to reach, to move, this man. All tha time Kane had been secretly rapidly— but deeply, and to the point. “ Something” was indeed “ w ro n g !"— a watching every move his visitor made. hidden hand waa groping for the vitals of T h i latter now sprang at him, the mur derous bar uplifted. the great trust. W hoseT' Something was wrong 1 They stood to lose two millions unless public confi C H A P T E R IX . dence could be restored, and the shadow o f Kane waa no coward— besides that he perjury, dishonor, haunted tbelr way un less past croaked dealing in the manipula waa an athlete. Quick aa lightning hia tion o f Inflated and duplicated stocks arm rfiot oat. His sinewy flat landed under the stranger's left Jaw. Ha went could be covered up. Percy Kane “ thought out a w a y !” — crashing Into a corner. Before he could then hia lips broke to a smile, and his gather himself np Kane had flashed to a table, touched a button, and aa, raving eyes grew tender. He waa thinking now o f the lovely girl like a madman and foaming at the mouth, who had come Into hia Ufa like a new rur hia adversary started up to renew the al at ion of Joy and delight, and for tha mo aaeanlt, two men In answer to the sum ment he forgot bis business troubles and mons quietly but swiftly entered the room They bad the man In their strong grasp hia political aspirations. - i the company’s concerns. Plan after plan he turned over In his mind. He was a past grand master at juggling finance he fancied he saw hia way clear before him to offset the stock market stampede %f the day. He planned hia campaign of procedure. About to arise and set the same In mo tion, he was disturbed by the entrance of an usher. He presented s card ; Kane glanced st K. He read: “ Dunstreetie.” “ So soon !” he muttered— ao soon the «warming o f the harpies about the prey ! The great clearing house o f commercial information was on his track, already! . Kane was hia blandest— suave, politic, ingenuous, as he met thia representative o f the great agency. Perhaps a thought thrilled bis mind, a memory o f that other visit o f a “ Dun- street“ man, when the rotten silver com pany went to pieces! The agency reporter had his s a y ; the great trust waa “ open for rating;” that la, Information had been received at vari ance with the lest subscribed statement o f the company, and until the same was explained, the high commercial rating of the corporation would stand at “ blank.” “To-morrow morning,” said Kane to the agency representative, “ this company will furnish yon with a statement Show ing three dollars in tangible assets for every dollar o f indebtedness. I shall ex pect yon here st ten o'clock, and will verify the statement with you at the local banks.” The reporter withdrew. Kane’s pose was now that o f the startled hare with the hunters keen on the trail. He hurried from room to room until he found the president. He cornered him in private. "There Is Just one thing to do,” he declared— “ we must shift the duplicate securities and make np a solid three mill ions within the next twelve hours, or go under.” “ You talk o f impoaaibllltles!” exclaim ed the president. “ No— whisper." What words stole sinister and aw e some into the president's ear moat have been weighted with ominoups Import, for he drew back with a sharp shiver. “ Oh, never!” be gasped. “ Kane, you "Yes, I do mean It,” calmly, decisively, retorted the other. ‘T o apply the trust funds left in ant charge sacredly— m an! Should they be engulfed, then for yon, for myself. It la the convict garb,*and prison bars!” “ It must be done— there la no other way. W e must torn back the storm of distrust beating at ear threshold, at all cost or riaks!” He prevailed upon hia confrere at laat They laid their plana for the morrow. They spoke o f the Impending election— to-morrow— the day that would see them masters o f the industrial world— or pau pers ! About two hours later Percy Ksne en tered his private office. He paused gent ly ere he approached the trim, little figure at a desk— his private secretary. He waa the lover— rapt, reverent— aa he spoke softly to beautiful Claire Tre maine o f their approaching marriage. In his ardor and Joy at the near possession o f this rare treasure, he did not note how chilling was her set, stody face, that she shuddered every time her eyes met his own. He was buoyed up by love when he left her. The future seemed golden. He felt hs could overcome all obstacles, for with ths morrow his grasp on fortune and power would tighten— must tighten! And she— this peerless being—had con- sented to be his wife— life bore a new motive, a new and mighty happiness! Alone, Claire Tremaine stood like on* stricken, but borne Irresistibly forward by stern, somber fate. Sbe drew from a pocket a small photo graph— It waa a secretly treasured por trait o f Gideon Hope. She tore it a e r o «, once, twice, tears falling npon the fragments. She dropped them like sacred relics into the fireplace. It was too late to draw back now, and she had pledged her word to Percy Kane that In two days she would become his w ife! (T o be continued.) S p ir it L a n d M e s s a g e s . Perhaps all the so-called messages from the dead com e from living minds. I mean the minds o f those about ua. Dr. Reed, a friend o f mine, once a r ranged to go with a patient to have a test sittin g with a very celebrated psy ch ic who claim ed to be able to read sealed letters. Just before the ap pointed day Reed’s patient died sud denly o f heart disease, leaving a sealed letter on hia desk. T h e doctor, fully alive to the slngu lar opportunity, put the letter In his pocket and hastened to the medium. T h e magician took It In bla hand and pondered. A t last be s a id : “Thla w as written by a man now In the spirit qrorld. j cannot read It. There Isn’t r. medium In the world who can read It, but If you will send It to any p er son anywhere on the planet and have It read and resealed I will tell yon what la In I t I cannot get the w ord* unlew some mind In the earth plgns haa absorbed them.” T h at wonld seem to prove s sort ot universal mind reservoir, wouldn’t It? Isn’ t that s staggering hypothesis?— Ham lin G arland in E verybody’s M sg». im « ir i« u » iit r •* Q » m , While, there ere slight Individual differences In . digestive efficiency among cow s, extensive experim ents have shown that these are Insufficient tb account fo r The widely varlsW # re turns made by sim ilar cow s from like quantities o f the same kind o f food, T he results obtained In tests o f tbls kind are emphatic. It has been shown that, o f tw o cow s o f apparently the same m erit, from superficial exam ination one may return three times as A L ll t U f Ja«k . ■ much as the other from a given When one Is alone on a farm with amount o f sim ilar foods. T hey digest perhaps no help around It la almost ed their food equally well. It la a Impossible t o lift bay racks o r grain well known fact that there are Indi ^ . tanka off the wagons. vidual likes and dislikes among cows, A W ith a device like the cut, which necessitates an Intimate know l jf l one man can take off any edge o f each cow If best results are to m A kind o f a hay rack with follow . O ccasionally a cow will make eaae. T his liftin g Jack la her best perform ance upon a ration lij A l seven feet high. T h e two not suited' to the other members o f ■ uprights are 2x4 at the the herd. T hese m atters ars o f con base and 2x2 at the upper tinual Interest to ths dairymen, who end. T hey can be ripped should safeguard him self at all times Ml v l out o f 2x6. Have the by keeping at least approxim ate rec ” Y wooden block out of ords o f food consumed and product K an old hay fork pulley, yielded by each Individual.— Kansas i m n o ” bolted to the upper end o f Parmer. - JAC^ the uprights with a half P ro a t F ree« D a ir y P ro d n ete. inch bolt fo r the rope to T he M aryland Ex(Serlment Station w ork on. T h irty Inches from the base Is an offset to which Is at haa been making testa aa to profits tached a spindle for the rope to wind In selling dairy products, as milk, cream on. T he need o f the offset will easily and butter. Thla teat ahows J b a t cream be seen In operating ;* the crank will l i one o f the most profitable forma o f alw ays be In the d e e r. T he crank la sale,« when 20 per cent cream can be 14 Inches long. The spindle Is one Inch sold s t 50 cents a gallon, and even at In diameter. A piece o f good one Inch this low price returns 28 V4 cents per gas pipe makes a good one. T he up- pound fo r the butter In the milk, be sides leaving the sklramllk fo r use on th e farm . O f course, cream can be us ually sold fo r more than 50 cents per gallon. It appears that milk shipping Is ordinarily m ors profitable than but- ‘ter. T hus 12 cents per gallon for per cent m ilk la equal to 2 3 ft cents per THE W EEKLY 1488— Treaty o f Arras concluded between the King o f France and the Duke o f Burgundy. 168D— Henry IV. defeated tbs Leaguers at Arques. 1600— Hudson, the explorer, reached ths present site o f the city o f Albany. 1685— Fort Casimlr, ths Swedish settle ment on the Delaware, surrendered to the Dutch forces under Gov. Stuy- resent. 1675— Duchesnesu appointed Intendant o f New France. 1602— Tw o men and seven woman ex ecuted st Salem for witchcraft. 1706— Jacques 'Francois ds Brouillon, governor o f Acadia, died st sea. 1750— The French surrendered Quebec to tha English. 1772— First dismemberment o f Poland. 1776— British made an unsuccessful at tack on the Americans on Harlem Heights. 1777— American force under Gen. Wayne defeated by the British under Gen. G r e y .. . .Washington and hia army crossed the Schoylkill, deter mined to give battle to Gen. Howe’s troops. 1788— The Oneida Indiana ceded all their lands to. the State o f New York 1792— France declared a repu blic.. . .Tha President issued a* proclamation or dering all persona to submit to the excise law. 1800— The Concordat between Bona parte and the Pope ratified. 1804— The rice crop o f South Carolina completely destroyed by a great hur ricane, . . .M r. Dearborn, son of tha Secretary o f W ar, left for Algiers with presents for the ruler o f that country. 1814— The British ship Forth destroyed the American brig R eg en t.. . .United 8tatea troops defeated the English la battle at Fort Bowyer. 1822— Moses Rogers, captain of the drat steam vessel to cross the Atlantic, Am erican farm m achinery la rapidly finding Its w ay Into foreign coun tries, but ou r Am erican farm ers w ould not know bow to use the machines that are sent over there. T hey are built to meet the demands o f A siatic farm ers, w h o are alow to grasp up-to-date methods. shaped so aa to draw Itself Into the w ood and not slip off. Thla hook needs one or tw o links. A hardw ood peg Is placed In tho upright back o f the crank, thus bolding the load at any height. T o take the hay rack o ff tha wagon place the liftin g Jack In an upright position at on# end aa near the center aa possible. P lace the hook beneath som e part o f the rack, turn the crank, and It will surprise yon how light the rack seems. When high enough so as to clear the wheels, have a 4x4 or other fa irly strong timber to put under the rock, the enda resting on tw o well se cured posts. R aise the other end in the same manner and you will have y ou r hay rack or grain tank where the w eeds will not grow over them and w ithout any liftin g to apeak of.— Mon treal Star. pound for butter, w hile at 15 cents per gallon fo r 8.6 per cent milk the but ter la sold at 82)4 cents per pound. In selling cream at 7Q cents par gal lon the price obtained Is equal to 33 cents for the butter, but creameries never pay thla amount, and no home made butter brings any such price ex cept fo r a very few gilt-edge makes. . D e fe a t in g D is e a s e l a H on es. An Irregular pulse In g horse la a strong symptom o f grave disease. Ill a healthy horse the pulse beats 82 to 88 per minute, but 48 per minute may not denote disease In some horses. T o take the pulse place the finger below the Jaws ty»ldlng the watch in the left hand, and count the beats. A rise o f tem perature above 100 degrees denotes that something is wrong. T o take tho tem perature use a thermom eter Insert . F a r m e r ’ s P o u lt r y H a a s * . ed In the rectum. By practice, s high T h e accom panying Illustration o f a tem perature can be easily detected by p ou ltry bouse la largely self-explana Inserting the band In the mouth o f the tory. Both a w indow and curtain animal. Cold legs and cold ears and fron t is provided. T he w indow glides cold sw eat are bad symptoms. Difficult back and In p lace o f It a cotton screen and quick breathing Indtcata lung can be let dow n to fill the opening. trouble, and “ ■norlng” Is caused by dis T h e pens are built 12 f t x 18 f t and ease o f the brain. A rough coat Is a th e coop is placed beneath the drop- bad symptom, denoting Indigestion. F sver In a horse Is Indicated by dull ness, s qnlck pulse, high temperature, extended and Inflamed nostrils and us ually great desire fo r water. D a ir y in g a n d F a r m in g . Butter has a market value o f $60 a ton, and It removes less than 50 cents’ worth o f fertilizer from the soil. On the other hand, a ton o f wheat haa a market valne o f $22 and removes $7.50 o f fertilizer from the soil. Anyone can sen by this that dairying is worth s pin g board. R ough boards are used for good deal more to a new country than slieetlng together with U r paper and the growing o f wheat i f the value o f ch eap shingles. T h s Inside m ay L# keeping’ np the fertility o f the soil is plastered. _________ fully appreciated.— Field and Farm. H « » * » « i* B *r o »«1 «f. W h ite Sp ot* H on e*. London, Conn., In 1780. g) 18214— Slavery abolished in Mexico. 1833— The boundary Una between New Yoik and New Jersey settled. “ 1845— Americana defeated the Mexicans at battle o f Meaterey. 1862— United Statee troope defeated the Indiana at battle o f W ood Lake. 1863— President Lincoln suspended the Lindell hotel, S t Louis, broken np by a party o f Union soldiers. 1868— Outbreak o f the Spanish revolu tion. . . .Lieut. Beecher and Dr. MoOre killed In battle with Indiana near the Republican river. 1871— Lincoln’s body waa removed tp Its final rearing place at Springfield, III. 1881— Body of President Garfield lay In state in the capital at Washington. 1882— Arab! Pasha, the leader o f ths military Insurrection In Egypt, sur rendered after hie defeat at Tel-el* Keblr. 1884— A party o f several hundred Cana dian boatmen left Quebec to take pert In the Nile expedition for the relief o f Gen. Gordon. . . Earthquake shocks were felt In Michigan, Ohio and In diana. 1887— The centenary o f the constitution o f the United States was celebrated In Philadelphia. 1803— The Earl of Aberdeen assumed office as governor general o f Canada. 1897— Five men accused o f burglary lynched at Varsallles, Ind. 1898— Statue o f Samuel de Champlain unveiled at Quebec by Lord Aberdeen. 1900— Much destruction caused by heavy rains in Texas. 1901— The Duke and Duchess o f Corn wall and York welcomed In Montreal. . . . .The funeral of President M cKin ley was held at Canton, Ohio. 1902— Maria Henrietta, Queen of the Bel gians, died, aged 66 years. 1906— Fatal race riots In Atlanta, G a .. . . Rock Island train plunged Into tha Cimarron river In Oklahoma and a number o f lives were lost. . . . Secre tary o f W ar T aft and Acting Sec retary o f Stats Bacon left Washing ton for Cabs. T hose w ho love experim entation may A white spot on tbs forebead o f a try the follow in g method o f making a horse to called a “ star.” A w hits face cheap barom eter, aa practiced In from eye to eye to a “ bald fa ce." A F ra n ce: T a k e 8 gram s o f pulverised strip between the nostrils Is a "snipe,” 1907— Explosion on a Japanese battle ship killed thirty-four officers and cam phor, 4 grama o f pulverized nitrate A white eye to s “ glass eye." A horse m e n .... The new treaty between o f potassium , 2 grama o f pulverized has pasterns, not anklea W hits around France and Canada waa signed at nitrate o f am m onia and dissolve In 60 ths top o f the h oof to s “ white coro Paris. gram s o f alcohol. Put the w hole In s net." W hite above the pasterns Is a long, slender bottle, closed s t ths top “ w h its leg.” w ith a piece o f bladder containing a pinhole to adm it the air. When rain Is K « « « u C orn C rop . com ing the solid p a rtlclw will tend In 1905 K a u w s raised sh ou t an av “ T w o years," said the proprietor. grad u ally to mount, little star crystals erage crop o f corn, but ths yield was " I am s o n y I did not know It,” said form in g In tho liquid, w hich oth erw lw m ore than that o f all South America, tb s gu^st “ I should be batter off If rem ains c le a r ; If high winds are ap which, o f course, Includes tha moch- I had corns here then." proaching, the liquid will becom e thick adverttoed A rgentin a; w as over 80,- “Y w r smiled tbs proprietor, very as If ferm enting, w hile a film o f solid 000,000 bnsbels greater than ths com much pleased. “ H ow to th at?" particles form s on ths s u rfa ce ; during bined crops o f Canada and M exico, and " I should probably b a rs been wrve<l fa ir w eather the liquid w ill remain exceedad tha same year’s crops o f by this time If I bad,” said the guest, d e a r hnd th e eolid p a rtlclw w ill rest Egypt, Italy, Francs, Bulgaria and and tb s entente cord ials vanished^-* R otate proper together.— F . D. Coburn. Harper’s Weakly. at tb s bottom.
